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Bill Gates unleashes swarm of mosquitos on audience
Gawker ^ | 02/05/2009 | Owen Thomas

Posted on 02/04/2009 7:47:30 PM PST by beagleone

TED, the annual gathering of the most pretentious people from the fields of technology, entertainment, and design, just got punk'd. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitos into the crowd.

Ending malaria is a particular passion of Gates's, whose Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent millions fighting the disease. But he apparently didn't feel like TED attendees were taking the threat seriously. "Not only poor people should experience this," Gates said as he let the bugs loose on his audience, according to Facebook manager Dave Morin. (eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Twitter CEO Ev Williams confirm the report.)

A showman's way of making a point, perhaps. But it doesn't do much to undo Gates's reputation, borne out of the Microsoft antitrust investigations of the 1990s, that the man considers himself above the law. Doesn't California's Health and Safety Code have something to say about insect infestations?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: billgates; lowqualitycrap; malaria; microsoft; mosquitos
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To: beagleone
Ending malaria is a particular passion of Gates's, whose Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent millions fighting the disease.

Hey, Bill...

DDT

I hear it works pretty well for that.
41 posted on 02/04/2009 10:29:20 PM PST by TChris (So many useful idiots...)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg
The lying liberals (there are no other specie) decided many years ago that these malaria carrying mosquitoes are the perfect tool for their population control agenda.

So every years approx 50 million babies dies from this easily stopped mosquito borne disease, but the liberals conjured up a 'case study' that using DDT will harm the environment (which is more important to them) more than saving human lives; after all humans do breed like rabbits and are expendable.

42 posted on 02/04/2009 11:48:01 PM PST by prophetic (God, let 0Bama and his evil plans for this country fail & let him be utterly disgraced like HAMAN!!)
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To: prophetic

Millions of BLACK BABIES DIE because DDT was banned with the help of that Rachel what’s her name.......was she a RACIST like Margaret Sanger?? And wanted BLACK BABIES to die?? That’s why she got DDT banned.....the ONE thing that would help BLACK BABIES LIVE??? hmmmmmm.


43 posted on 02/05/2009 1:43:12 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
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To: beagleone

Bill Gates proves, once again, that liberalism is a mental disease.


44 posted on 02/05/2009 6:47:37 AM PST by don'tspeak4me
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To: beagleone
Here's hoping the crowd contained at least one west Nile or malaria sufferer so they can sue Gates for millions. The guy really is a moron. Hell if I were there I would sue for mental anguish just for the hell of it.
45 posted on 02/05/2009 7:15:53 AM PST by monday
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To: infowarrior
Just got this today.... I laughed pretty hard:

Multiple versions of the new forthcoming Windows 7 announced:

I particularly like "Secure Edition"...


46 posted on 02/05/2009 7:48:02 AM PST by TheBattman (Pray for our country....)
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To: beagleone

The world’s richest geek could have made his point better by passing out baggies of DDT powder.


47 posted on 02/05/2009 8:24:35 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (This election gave the drunks the keys to the liquor cabinet!)
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To: beagleone

The mosquitos took off normally, but slowed down considerably and froze in mid-air. They were then scanned for viruses and re-released after getting patched.


48 posted on 02/05/2009 8:31:04 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Dissent Is Patriotic!)
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To: beagleone

“Not only poor people should experience this,”

Interesting how a mosquito can distinguish between rich or poor...


49 posted on 02/05/2009 9:33:15 AM PST by kik5150
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To: beagleone

Gates is now on his way down the well-worn billionaire path of BONKERS!!!!


50 posted on 02/05/2009 11:33:51 AM PST by Scarchin (Withholding judgement)
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To: Ann Archy

Carson-—Silent Spring author


51 posted on 02/05/2009 12:13:11 PM PST by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: djf

Some of us are extremely allergic to insect stings and bites. I hope someone sues the idiot.


52 posted on 02/05/2009 4:10:22 PM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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